(a) Upon the effective date of this section, the Department of Human Services shall:(1) (A) Contract with a number of agencies sufficient to ensure that each pregnant woman seeking an abortion in Arkansas receives a resource access assistance offer and has the opportunity to receive care plan coordination services and healthy pregnancy program services.(B) The procurement of a vendor to serve as an agency shall be done through the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-61-101 et seq., by the Office of State Procurement;(2) Annually, designate the proportion of resource access assistance offers to be provided by each agency's share of participants in care plan coordination services or healthy pregnancy program services; and(3) Contract only with agencies that are capable of offering all of the services required under § 20-8-1001 or the resource access assistance offer.
(1) (A) Contract with a number of agencies sufficient to ensure that each pregnant woman seeking an abortion in Arkansas receives a resource access assistance offer and has the opportunity to receive care plan coordination services and healthy pregnancy program services.(B) The procurement of a vendor to serve as an agency shall be done through the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-61-101 et seq., by the Office of State Procurement;
(A) Contract with a number of agencies sufficient to ensure that each pregnant woman seeking an abortion in Arkansas receives a resource access assistance offer and has the opportunity to receive care plan coordination services and healthy pregnancy program services.
(B) The procurement of a vendor to serve as an agency shall be done through the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-61-101 et seq., by the Office of State Procurement;
(2) Annually, designate the proportion of resource access assistance offers to be provided by each agency's share of participants in care plan coordination services or healthy pregnancy program services; and
(3) Contract only with agencies that are capable of offering all of the services required under § 20-8-1001 or the resource access assistance offer.
(b) An agency shall be able, at a minimum, to provide resource access assistance offers, care plan coordination services, and healthy pregnancy program services by telephonic means using a toll-free number established by the department.
(c) Each agency and any subcontractor or care agent of the agency providing services related to § 20-8-1001 or resource access assistance offers shall not:(1) Be an abortion provider or entity that directly or indirectly assists women in obtaining an abortion;(2) Own, operate, or be affiliated with an abortion provider or an entity that directly or indirectly promotes abortions or assists women in obtaining an abortion;(3) Employ a person who has performed an abortion in the last two (2) years;(4) Have as a director, board member, officer, volunteer, or employee a person who serves in any of these roles for an entity described in subdivisions (c)(1)-(3) of this section; or(5) Refer women to an abortion provider, recommend abortion, or take any other action that directly or indirectly advises or assists a woman in obtaining an abortion.
(1) Be an abortion provider or entity that directly or indirectly assists women in obtaining an abortion;
(2) Own, operate, or be affiliated with an abortion provider or an entity that directly or indirectly promotes abortions or assists women in obtaining an abortion;
(3) Employ a person who has performed an abortion in the last two (2) years;
(4) Have as a director, board member, officer, volunteer, or employee a person who serves in any of these roles for an entity described in subdivisions (c)(1)-(3) of this section; or
(5) Refer women to an abortion provider, recommend abortion, or take any other action that directly or indirectly advises or assists a woman in obtaining an abortion.